Odorant-binding proteins: Structural aspects

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 855, Issue , 1998, Pages 281-293

  Pelosi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOCALIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; INSECT; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BOVINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032451671     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10584.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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